Good? Bad?
Some very interesting prices achieved today
Good? Bad?
Hammer price £980
WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAM
A RARE BOXED .22 BARREL-COCKING AIR-RIFLE, MODEL 'SERVICE MKII', serial no. S13217,
circa 1937, with detachable .22 sighted 25 1/2in. barrel, bolt locking breech, blued air-chamber with five lines of patents, folding peep-sight at wrist, walnut saw-handled pistol-grip butt-stock stamped at underside of head 'MADE IN ENGLAND', horn heel-plate, retaining a strong amount of original blued finish, the barrel numbered 1728, together with its rare manufacturer's original pasteboard box, the outside of lid with gummed 'THE WEBLEY SERVICE AIR RIFLE MARK II, WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD. BIRMINGHAM' paper label (losses to label and box corners), the tray complete and sound with original barrel compartment intact
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
This result seems to value the box alone at about £600 or thereabouts...
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
Cheap collecting must be in decline😐😐 lets hope its cheap at racecourse😁
Prices have fallen so that means bad if your selling ....great if your buying ☺
A boxed webley like that should of got more ? 5 years ago i would expect that to be over a grand ?
Just at an auction you expect cheap...not so is it...
I just see a decline in airgun prices even in modern pcps..its declining not growing ...every person i knew growing up had an airgun ..now its a talking point ...
I noticed in the Holts listing for the boxed .22 Webley MK.11 Service the serial number was given as S13217, whereas the barrel number was given as 1728.
There is also a 25% + VAT buyers premium on the price, so actual price is £1274.
He now needs a stamping kit for the barrels 😁😂
The Lincoln air pistol sold quite cheaply at £290 hammer price, considering that the last one to sell on here fetched £750, and () JC Militaria currently has one on offer for £1200. If this price is a true reflection of a trend then I think JCM might have theirs on the books for quite a while. Or maybe someone just got lucky with Holts.